John Towneley

John Towneley
John Towneley
John Towneley
iBase ID
287899
Reference identifier
EBU-U01-G4-338-1
Title
John Towneley
Place
Burnley
Personal names
John Towneley
General notes
John Towneley 1528 - 1607
Acquired estates through marriage to his cousin, Mary Towneley (then aged 13). They had a family of 7 boys and 7 girls.
A staunch Catholic, between 1558 to 1568 he hid 2 Catholic priests at the Hall and secretly attended Mass. He spent about 34 years in prison for his faith and was heavily fined.
Governor of Burnley Grammar School from 1577, paying for the building of the schoolroom.
Released from prison, sick and almost blind he died at Towneley in 1607.
"By his courage and goodness he is known, not by the shedding of his blood"

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Year of image
c1950
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